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stagnate

stag·nate

UK/ˈstæɡneɪt/ US/ˈstæˌɡneɪt/ uncommon

verb

1.

stand still

  • “Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy”
2.

cause to stagnate

  • “There are marshes that stagnate the waters”
3.

cease to flow; stand without moving

  • “Stagnating waters”
  • “blood stagnates in the capillaries”
4.

be idle; exist in a changeless situation

  • “The old man sat and stagnated on his porch”
  • “He slugged in bed all morning”
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Origin

Borrowed from Latin stāgnātus, past participle of stāgnō (“cover the land as a lake, stagnate”), from stāgnum (“pond, swamp”).

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